HA £350 for basic soundbar Currys must be high. it don't even …HA £350 for basic soundbar Currys must be high. it don't even have wifi/Chromecast. Still £150 is ok.

It has the option of adding wireless surround speakers at a later date though which is better than the most basic of soundboard. My Chromecast lives in the TV so having another Chromecast built into the sound bar is hardly a requirement.

13th Dec 2017

Can any owners confirm whether this has WiFi? Thanks

13th Dec 2017

No WiFi on this one.

So people, do i keep the 360 for £129 from Richer Sounds, which has some good reviews, or add another £30 and go for this one, which has some okish reviews. Surely the extra 120W on this one and being the 4 series this would be a better choice ??

13th Dec 2017

Been looking for a decent samsung soundbar to go with my newly acquired black friday deal tv.Was beginning to regret not going for the Richer Sounds deal on the 360 earlier this week, but I've jumped straight on this deal.Ordered.Thanks!

13th Dec 2017

Currently got the HW-J450 - would it be worth the upgrade? Current one claims to be 300w but not all that impressed with it

Been looking for a decent samsung soundbar to go with my newly acquired …Been looking for a decent samsung soundbar to go with my newly acquired black friday deal tv.Was beginning to regret not going for the Richer Sounds deal on the 360 earlier this week, but I've jumped straight on this deal.Ordered.Thanks!

I'm switching mine out. The extra power, ARC input and 4 speakers as opposed to 2 in the sound bar are worth the £20 extra

13th Dec 2017

couldn't find many reviews online, but went for it anyway - it can always be returned

13th Dec 2017

Hi, this may be a foolish question but do I need to connect this to some sort of Amp or does it just connect to the TV?Thank you

Hi, this may be a foolish question but do I need to connect this to some …Hi, this may be a foolish question but do I need to connect this to some sort of Amp or does it just connect to the TV?Thank you

It connects straight to the TV, the amp is built into the speaker. You have a choice of optical, HDMI or wirelessly if you have a suitable tv

But is this Which review based on a price of £350 ? What else does Which …But is this Which review based on a price of £350 ? What else does Which have to say ?

How does it sound?

Not the best. In our lab tests, we found that the sound lacked excitement compared with the best sound bars - you'll be able to hear sound effects clearly but the 'wow factor' is missing. Speech is easy to understand during scenes of dialogue, but the sound is uneven when listening to music. Some specific pitches of sound simply don't come through loud enough so, depending on the song, you might not hear your favourite guitar solo in all its glory.

As with most sound bars, there's a setting that attempts to approximate a surround sound system. It uses digital processing to manipulate the sound and make it seem like its coming from all around you. However, this sound bar is below average at doing this - we didn't find this mode convincing at all.

13th Dec 2017

My son is after some surround sound for his room.Anybody know what this would be like teamed up with the other deal posted on here.... hotukdeals.com/dea…app

No WiFi on this one.So people, do i keep the 360 for £129 from Richer …No WiFi on this one.So people, do i keep the 360 for £129 from Richer Sounds, which has some good reviews, or add another £30 and go for this one, which has some okish reviews. Surely the extra 120W on this one and being the 4 series this would be a better choice ??

Not sure the price should have any relevance when reviewing sound quality.

it would if Which are grouping them in price ranges and then doing a compare/value/features etc test surely ?

* don't have a Which subby, so IDK, just speculating

edit:just found this:

Once we have all our
test results in, we evaluate the data to determine the total test score
for each sound bar. The sound bar score ignores price and is based on:
Sound quality: 80%
Ease of use: 10%
Features and power use: 10%

a friend had a top of the range samsung soundbar that was £500+ and it sounded very poor compared to my philips htl5140 (few years old and long out of production) that was <£200. they even aske dme round to check it was all set up correctly!

Gutted... son opened this today, plugged it in and all synced up. However the unit stays on for 5 seconds then displays PROT and shuts itself down. When i have got it to stay on for more than 10 seconds there is hissing coming from one of the bar speakers and the unit wont stay on long before prot error/shutdown. The sub doesnt seem to be pumping out hardly any sound, it is working but VERY faint.

So a bit peeved to say the least, more for my 16 year old who was really excited this morning only to find we now have to wait till tomorrow to drive to nearest Currys and exchange as faulty :-(

UPDATE: Swapped out for a new one and all working fine. My gawd what have we let ourselves in for, its blooming loud!

Edited by: "Squelds" 26th Dec 2017

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